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Recent News
CQRC is a leader in the home respiratory community, helping to protect and define the future of cost-effective, high quality home respiratory therapy care for all Americans. It is important to keep our members, the press, and the public informed on important issues that impact home respiratory therapy.
Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act Reaches 50 Bipartisan Cosponsors in Support of Respiratory Care Reform
Coalition of patient, physician, and provider advocates applaud legislative momentum WASHINGTON, D.C. | May 13, 2026 More than 13 leading respiratory patient, physician and provider organizations today applauded the growing bipartisan momentum behind the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act (H.R. 2902/S.1406), which has now surpassed 50 cosponsors in Congress. The SOAR Act would ensure more individuals…
A Respiratory Therapist’s Plea: Why It’s Time to Pass the SOAR Act
By Nancy Colletti | April 23, 2026 As a practicing respiratory therapist for over 40 years and a clinical educator for the past 20 years, I have spent countless hours training patients how to manage their supplemental oxygen usage and devices. I’ve also been a caregiver to my father, who has been on medical oxygen…
CQRC, INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS SEEK CLARIFICATIONS ON VENT POLICY
WASHINGTON, DC – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) joined stakeholder groups in sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urgently calling for clarifying guidance for the continuing use criteria for both home mechanical ventilators (HMV) and respiratory assist devices (RAD) used by Medicare beneficiaries with chronic respiratory conditions. April 2026 is the month in…
Grassroots Advocacy
The CQRC supports grassroots initiatives to advance supplemental oxygen reform and policies that promote patient access.
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